SO immature....

[olehounddog]

They would love if we just sit on our hands and shut up. Listen quietly and show no emotion unless you are supporting the party candidate. Listen to someone promote war and the police state and sit on your hands and be quiet? When there is no noise they can clam they heard no opposition. I don't think I could've sit and listen to that Col. who's running for Sen. in Fla. and not boooooooooooooooooed his comments.
Is it rude to try to stop the killing?

 

[LibertyEagle]

They would love if we just sit on our hands and shut up. Listen quietly and show no emotion unless you are supporting the party candidate. Listen to someone promote war and the police state and sit on your hands and be quiet? When there is no noise they can clam they heard no opposition. I don't think I could've sit and listen to that Col. who's running for Sen. in Fla. and not boooooooooooooooooed his comments.
Is it rude to try to stop the killing?

They did not boo Ron Paul and you know they didn't agree with him on more than one point. What they did was not clap.

We not only didn't clap for others. We BOOED. And then we walked out.

If we are thinking that this approach is going to endear anyone from the Republican party to us, or encourage them to listen to Dr. Paul with open ears, we have another thing coming.

We gripe when they do not accept us. I wonder why. Sheesh.

Forget it. Whatever. Too many people think this is some kind of Grade School football game.

 

[acptulsa]

Let them do the booing. Hell, let them boo their own candidates just to try to make us look as bad as them.

And let General Electrics propaganda arm over at msnbc slam us for being only slightly more civilized than the British Parlaiment. Just wins us crossover votes.

 

[Thomas]

They did not boo Ron Paul and you know they didn't agree with him on more than one point. What they did was not clap.

We not only didn't clap for others. We BOO'D. And then we walked out.

If we are thinking that this approach is going to endear anyone from the Republican party to us, or encourage them to listen to Dr. Paul with open ears, we have another thing coming.

We gripe when they do not accept us. I wonder why. Sheesh.

Forget it. Whatever. Too many people think this is some kind of Grade School football game.

i know how you feel LE

 

[LibertyEagle]

Let them do the booing. Hell, let them boo their own candidates just to try to make us look as bad as them.

Do you have proof that they did that, because I do not think they did.

We were the ones who boo'd.

And let General Electrics propaganda arm over at msnbc slam us for being only slightly more civilized than the British Parlaiment. Just wins us crossover votes.

You honestly believe that we can afford to drive a wedge between us and every other Republican out there, and hope to fill that gap with people who will go to the effort to register as Republicans and vote in the primary?

We cannot afford to ALIENATE anyone.

 

[libertythor]

I agree with LibertyEagle in the fact that supporters attending events need to have more decorum. People attend these events to listen to all of the candidates who are going to speak, and booing is being rude to the rest of the audience if not to the candidate saying something stupid.

Leave the booing for when an actual elected official gives a townhall meeting or something and has screwed up, like what happened during the Obamacare townhall meetings.

Candidate forums are for everybody to listen to the candidates, period. Now cheering is okay in moderation.

 

[acptulsa]

Do you have proof that they did that, because I do not think they did.

We were the ones who boo'd.



You honestly believe that we can afford to drive a wedge between us and every other Republican out there, and hope to fill that gap with people who will go to the effort to register as Republicans and vote in the primary?

We cannot afford to ALIENATE anyone.

I don't know. But if we suddenly stopped booing tomorrow and never did it again, I wouldn't put it past them to fill in the gap just to keep their rhetoric alive. That said, I've agreeed with you more than once, dear lady.

And while we can't afford to go around alienating primary voters willy-nilly, no, the fact remains that a principled stand will alienate certain people. So, we shouldn't spend too much time crying over the inevitable, either.

Don't boo. Don't clap, don't boo. If you can't avoid booing warmnogering, don't go expose yourself to it.

 

[ChrisDixon]

Those nasty "regular Republicans" booing because Ron Paul won the RLC straw poll.

Sheesh.

Warmongering Republicans booed a veteran? Classy.

 

[Cowlesy]

We aren't going to win jack squat pulling 10% in every primary.

If we aren't going to try and win over Republican primary voters then I don't know what exactly we are trying to accomplish.

 

[Shane Harris]

They did not boo Ron Paul and you know they didn't agree with him on more than one point. What they did was not clap.

We not only didn't clap for others. We BOO'D. And then we walked out.

If we are thinking that this approach is going to endear anyone from the Republican party to us, or encourage them to listen to Dr. Paul with open ears, we have another thing coming.

We gripe when they do not accept us. I wonder why. Sheesh.

Forget it. Whatever. Too many people think this is some kind of Grade School football game.

this

 

[Gary W Trott]

laughing would be a lot better, but we shouldnt be laughing or booing speakers. we're far more immature than they are, i've seen it a thousand times, all it does is turns people off to us and reinforces their prejudices

Being respectful can go a long way towards helping Dr. Paul win the nomination this time. In 2007-08 the behavior of some Ron Paul supporters that made the rounds on YouTube and news reports gave us a reputation with some as trouble makers. Foul language also doesn't help win the hearts and minds of undecided voters and I can remember hearing some of that from some young Ron Paul volunteers who were protesting FoxNews not inviting him to a debate. Stick to the issues when discussing candidates and remember what my mother used to say, "It's not what you say...it's how you say it."

I actually had the chairman of the GOP committee in the town next door to mine tell me that he didn't want any "demonstrations" if Ron Paul supporters attended a "signing party" where people come to sign the papers so delegates to the convention can be on the ballot. He'd seen the things I spoke of and believe me he isn't the only one. There were no demonstrations or disruptions and while he still doesn't like Ron Paul, he has a different opinion of us. That will will be the case with people all over the country.

 

[ChrisDixon]

They did not boo Ron Paul and you know they didn't agree with him on more than one point. What they did was not clap.

We not only didn't clap for others. We BOOED. And then we walked out.

If we are thinking that this approach is going to endear anyone from the Republican party to us, or encourage them to listen to Dr. Paul with open ears, we have another thing coming.

We gripe when they do not accept us. I wonder why. Sheesh.

Forget it. Whatever. Too many people think this is some kind of Grade School football game.

+rep.

Not sure I could've put it better. A huge gripe I hear when I talk to other Republicans is usually the Ron Paul support base. We NEED to stop this. It may seem cool, it may get the media to notice us, but it is doing nothing but earn Paul negative points with the people he needs to be winning over in order to score the nomination.

Politics is a game of strategy, not a Grade School football game, as LibertyEagle noted.

 

[acptulsa]

They would love if we just sit on our hands and shut up. Listen quietly and show no emotion unless you are supporting the party candidate. Listen to someone promote war and the police state and sit on your hands and be quiet? When there is no noise they can clam they heard no opposition. I don't think I could've sit and listen to that Col. who's running for Sen. in Fla. and not boooooooooooooooooed his comments.
Is it rude to try to stop the killing?

I agree with you completely on every point. That said, the sad fact is that one of the things they use to hide their lack of principle is decorum. Some people do equate decorum with principle, silly as that may be.

Is it rude to try to stop the killing? Let's just put it this way--it'll be a whole lot less rude to try to stop the killing after we win the primary...

 

[flightlesskiwi]

crying over the inevitable.

you may be on to something. sorrowful weeping. (i know i took your words completely out of context)

but, honestly, booing does leave a bad impression with many-- i wouldn't boo my grandma if she said something i didn't agree with. and if i booed her i more than likely wouldn't have the opportunity to explain why i disagree. and that's what matters: getting the message out.

if we believe in Dr. Paul and support him, is it such a bad thing, as his supporters, to emulate his behavior? from what i have seen, he is an incredibly patient, humble and kind man, but by no means a doormat. he is well-informed, highly educated and able (when given the time) to expound his positions quite well.

his message is directly tied to him and his character, and so we should be tied to all three, imho.

 

[brownphish]

THAT would be awesome.

Or just yell, "bullshit".
Or do the old, (cough-"bullshit")

 

[acptulsa]

Or just yell, "bullshit".
Or do the old, (cough-"bullshit")

I think not.

Even the British Parliament has more decorum than that...

 

[Gary W Trott]

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[Gary W Trott]

+rep.

Not sure I could've put it better. A huge gripe I hear when I talk to other Republicans is usually the Ron Paul support base. We NEED to stop this. It may seem cool, it may get the media to notice us, but it is doing nothing but earn Paul negative points with the people he needs to be winning over in order to score the nomination.

Politics is a game of strategy, not a Grade School football game, as LibertyEagle noted.

Well said Chris.

 

[sailingaway]

We should start a new trend and instead of booing the status quo, which we do do, we should instead laugh at them. Like in the middle of their speech when they say something neocon status quo crazy we all just burst into laughter. Man I'd want to see their reaction

We should be polite. I know it is blowback at how they treat us, as insurgents not participants, but when we boo, to those not there who just read the press reports, or act otherwise disruptive, it is seen as rude not just to the speaker but to all who came to hear him. We should kill them with kindness, if kill them we must. Believe me, those against us will find that much more frustrating. Check out the 'disturbing tactics being used against Ron Paul' thread. When Romney meetups are plotting to join events and pretend to be rude Ron Paul supporters, you don't want to help them along.

In fact, I wonder if any of Romney's crew were at SRLC?

Meanwhile, we don't 'stop the wars' or advance ANY of our principles if we are not expanding our influence. This isn't a new platform to act out in, it is a new platform to gain a bigger platform. Look how much we were able to do in the last few years based on the larger platform Ron got in the last election. This is about making that even bigger if we can't win the election, and winning it if we can. And neither of those goals is advanced by acting like the sort of person who routinely gets thrown out of events.

 

[sailingaway]

Being respectful can go a long way towards helping Dr. Paul win the nomination this time. In 2007-08 the behavior of some Ron Paul supporters that made the rounds on YouTube and news reports gave us a reputation with some as trouble makers. Foul language also doesn't help win the hearts and minds of undecided voters and I can remember hearing some of that from some young Ron Paul volunteers who were protesting FoxNews not inviting him to a debate. Stick to the issues when discussing candidates and remember what my mother used to say, "It's not what you say...it's how you say it."

I actually had the chairman of the GOP committee in the town next door to mine tell me that he didn't want any "demonstrations" if Ron Paul supporters attended a "signing party" where people come to sign the papers so delegates to the convention can be on the ballot. He'd seen the things I spoke of and believe me he isn't the only one. There were no demonstrations or disruptions and while he still doesn't like Ron Paul, he has a different opinion of us. That will will be the case with people all over the country.

This.

Come on, guys, when a guy has joined in 2008 and only has 9 posts breaks silence to tell us something.... let's give it due consideration.....